"In The Court Of Public Opinion" Radio Show Launches on VoiceAmerica Radio Network

NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- James F. (Jim) Haggerty, author of the acclaimed book In The Court Of Public Opinion: Winning Strategies for Litigation Communication (2nd Edition, American Bar Association Publishing, 2009), has launched an "In The Court Of Public Opinion with Jim Haggerty" radio program on the VoiceAmerica Business Radio Network.

The Internet-based program runs each Tuesday at 12:00 pm Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Pacific Time) at www.voiceamerica.com/channel/247/voiceamerica-business. Each episode will feature interviews with leading attorneys, reporters, consultants and other experts on a wide variety of legal, policy, media and public perception issues. Episodes are archived on the VoiceAmerica website and also available on iTunes and in MP3 format.

In The Court Of Public Opinion has its own webpage at: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1996/in-the-court-of-public-opinion

Haggerty is President and CEO of The PR Consulting Group (PRCG), an internationally known public relations firm specializing in litigation and crisis matters.

Haggerty's first guests In The Court Of Public Opinion were Richard Aborn, President of the Citizens Crime Commission of New York and Tom Goldstein, renowned Supreme Court litigator and publisher of SCOTUSblog. Aborn discussed how New York State is about to become the only state in the nation that still handles 16- and 17-year-old nonviolent offenders as adults. Aborn also talked about the Crime Commission's new counterterrorism database. Goldstein discussed the upcoming Supreme Court term and his award-winning SCOTUSblog, which covers the Supreme Court.

The next episode, which will air on November 8, 2011, at 12 noon EST, will examine public relations in high-profile litigation, with Harlan Loeb, U.S. Director of Issues, Crisis & Risk Management at Edelman PR, Robert Bork, Jr., head of Bork Communications Group in Washington, D.C., and Harvey Englander of Englander, Knabe & Allen in Los Angeles.

In addition to his book and radio show, Haggerty is also a columnist for Corporate Counsel magazine, published by American Lawyer Media, where his "In The Court Of Public Opinion" columns have covered issues such as the Occupy Wall Street protests, banking and mortgage litigation and Rupert Murdoch's appears before a parliamentary committee in the infamous News Corporation phone hacking scandal.

"With my new In The Court Of Public Opinion radio program, I hope to explore all of the ways technology, media and public perception are affecting the practice of law and public access to our legal system," Haggerty said.

SOURCE The PR Consulting Group